East Bladen High School

Veteran head coach Lenon Fisher recently stepped down as the East Bladen head football coach. His replacement has been named pending school board approval. The Eagles promoted Robbie Priest to the head coaching position. Full story...

On Tuesday night we featured the Wilmington Hammerheads pre-season soccer game versus UNC Wilmington. We have highlights and post game reaction. On top of that we had high school baseball, lacrosse, and tennis. Plus Lenon Fisher announced his retirement from East Bladen High after coaching the football team in Elizabethtown for 32 years. Full story...

East Bladen head football coach Lenon Fisher wanted to wait until Thursday to announce his retirement plans, but word slipped out today that the veteran coach will step down as the Eagles head football coach. Fisher has been the football coach in Elizabethtown since 1980. Full story...

Thursday marked the fourth night of conference tournament week for high school basketball. Click full story for all the scores. Click play video to see our game highlights. We also have video of UNCW's loss to James Madison in women's college basketball. On top of that, Duke made the comeback of all comeback to NC State in men's basketball at Cameron Indoor. Full story...

On Tuesday night we featured senior night at Ashley High School. We also featured a high school basketball matchup in the Waccamaw Conference between East Bladen and North Brunswick. Click full story to see all of Tuesday's scores. On top of that we talked with the general manager of the Atlanta Braves about the prospect of Wilmington becoming the next home of the Braves single A minor league baseball affiliate. Full story...

Another Full Court Press is in complete. Click full story in order to see all of the high school basketball scores from around the region from Friday night. Click the Full Court Press icon on our homepage to watch Friday's Full Court Press. We also had a chance to meet the new interim head basketball coach at the College of Charleston on Friday. It's former UNCW Seahawk Mark Byington. Full story...

On Tuesday night we featured high school basketball action from Wilmington and Teachey. Click full story to see the complete high school basketball scoreboard from Tuesday night's play. Click play video to see it all in case you weren't with us Tuesday night at 11 for sports. This includes Duke's decisive victory over UNCW in women's basketball and several high school basketball holiday tournament games(four games for girls and one for boyrs). Full story...

On Wednesday night we featured high school basketball action from Elizabethtown and Wilmington. Click full story to see the complete high school basketball scoreboard from Wednesday night's play. Click play video to see it all in case you weren't with us Wednesday night at 11 for sports. This includes an East Bladen team that's making great strides under Ken Cross. We also have an Owen Spencer NFL update and a Michael Jordan NBA update. Full story...

On Thursday night we featured high school basketball action from the only two undefeated boys high school basketball teams from our region. We also featured a girls high school game that went down to the wire before the outcome was decided. Click full story to see the complete high school basketball scoreboard from Thursday night's play. Click play video to see it all in case you weren't with us Thursday night at 11 for sports. Full story...

We only have a handful of local teams left in the playoff hunt. The teams playing will have to weather the cold though. Click play video for WWAY's third round playoff preview on South Columbus vs. East Bladen and New Hanover vs. New Bern from Jesse Jones. Full story...

Leaving West Bladen to coach at East Bladen is like going from Duke to UNC. It's just not common. Back in May Ken Cross resigned as the West Bladen boys basketball coach to coach at East Bladen. It's been an adjustment for both the players and Cross, but it's a good adjustment. Full story...

Lesley Portillo's artistic talents are playing off in a big way! Lesley, a senior at East Bladen High School, recently won $1,000 for one of her drawings. Full story...

Former East Bladen basketball standout C.J. Melvin has been charged with filing a false police report in Greenville. Melvin is about to enter her freshman season at East Carolina University. Full story...

West Bladen basketball coach Ken Cross has resigned in order to accept the vacant head coaching position at rival East Bladen High School. The Bladen County School Board approved the move Monday night. Full story...

Even though it's summertime, there's been a shake-up in East Bladen High School's athletic department. Full story...